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From the LA Times:

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Public Defenders Decry Aid Recipients' Arrests
Critics call U.S. agents' roundup of mostly disabled people an abuse of authority. Some raise questions of possible racial discrimination.
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Cancer Study Spurs Outcry
Some of the nation's heaviest truck traffic runs through Tonia Reyes Uranga's City Council district, humming day and night past the tree-shaded Spanish-style bungalows of northwest Long Beach.
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Chick Pays for Excess Donations
City Controller Laura Chick said Friday she will pay $4,500 to the Los Angeles Ethics Commission for accepting political contributions to her 2001 election campaign that exceeded city limits.
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Ex-Councilman Charged in Bribery
He offered Alhambra's vice mayor $25,000 to OK a housing project, prosecutors say.
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From the Daily News:

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High-tech stale of stalking in the 21st century
GLENDALE -- A Glendale businessman faces stalking charges that allege that he attached a cell phone with Global Positioning System technology to his ex-girlfriend's car so he could track her every move and show up unexpectedly wherever she was.
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Pollution concerns slow plans
Fast-track plans to clear the former Price Pfister faucet manufacturing plant in Pacoima and make way for a big-box shopping center have been temporarily halted after neighbors complained their environmental concerns were being overlooked.
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Funding problem settled by Chick
City Controller Laura Chick wrote a $4,500 personal check on Friday to the city Ethics Commission to resolve an audit showing that amount of excess contributions to her 2001 campaign.
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W. Nile deaths rise in state
The West Nile virus death toll in California rose to 11 on Friday as health authorities confirmed that the virus has spread farther across the state.
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Bratton passes state cop test
Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton has passed a test required of police officers in California, officials said Friday.
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Dead body ID'd as missing WB analyst
A body found in the trunk of a car belonging to a Warner Bros. financial analyst missing since Aug. 17 was that of Sharon Santos, the Los Angeles County coroner's office confirmed Friday.
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City weighs anti-gang law
SANTA CLARITA -- City officials have been asked by the county to draw up a local version of an anti-gang loitering ordinance as an additional deterrent to crime within Santa Clarita's boundaries.
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From other sources:

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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Seeks Protection For Residential Hotel Tenants
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